diff --git a/source/dub/dependency.d b/source/dub/dependency.d
index 5cb6cd9..fc444e0 100644
--- a/source/dub/dependency.d
+++ b/source/dub/dependency.d
@@ -124,14 +124,19 @@
 	// Shortcut to create >=0.0.0
 	private enum ANY_IDENT = "*";
 
-	private Value m_value;
+	private Value m_value = Value(VersionRange.Invalid);
 	private bool m_optional;
 	private bool m_default;
 
 	/// A Dependency, which matches every valid version.
-	static @property Dependency any() @safe { return Dependency(VersionRange.Any); }
+	public static immutable Dependency Any = Dependency(VersionRange.Any);
 
 	/// An invalid dependency (with no possible version matches).
+	public static immutable Dependency Invalid = Dependency(VersionRange.Invalid);
+
+	deprecated("Use `Dependency.Any` instead")
+	static @property Dependency any() @safe { return Dependency(VersionRange.Any); }
+	deprecated("Use `Dependency.Invalid` instead")
 	static @property Dependency invalid() @safe
 	{
 		return Dependency(VersionRange.Invalid);
@@ -510,11 +515,11 @@
 	*/
 	Dependency merge(ref const(Dependency) o) const @trusted {
 		alias Merger = match!(
-			(const NativePath a, const NativePath b) => a == b ? this : invalid,
+			(const NativePath a, const NativePath b) => a == b ? this : Invalid,
 			(const NativePath a,       any         ) => o,
 			(      any         , const NativePath b) => this,
 
-			(const Repository a, const Repository b) => a.m_ref == b.m_ref ? this : invalid,
+			(const Repository a, const Repository b) => a.m_ref == b.m_ref ? this : Invalid,
 			(const Repository a,       any         ) => this,
 			(      any         , const Repository b) => o,
 
@@ -524,7 +529,7 @@
 
 				VersionRange copy = a;
 				copy.merge(b);
-				if (!copy.isValid()) return invalid;
+				if (!copy.isValid()) return Invalid;
 				return Dependency(copy);
 			}
 		);
@@ -682,7 +687,7 @@
 	assert(a.valid);
 	assert(a.version_ == Version("~d2test"));
 
-	a = Dependency.any;
+	a = Dependency.Any;
 	assert(!a.optional);
 	assert(a.valid);
 	assertThrown(a.version_);
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 4134f19..1182392 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
 					(VersionRange vers) {
 						if (m_selections.hasSelectedVersion(basename)) {
 							auto selver = m_selections.getSelectedVersion(basename);
-							if (d.spec.merge(selver) == Dependency.invalid) {
+							if (d.spec.merge(selver) == Dependency.Invalid) {
 								logWarn(`Selected package %s@%s does not match ` ~
 								   `the dependency specification %s in ` ~
 								   `package %s. Need to "%s"?`,
diff --git a/source/dub/recipe/sdl.d b/source/dub/recipe/sdl.d
index 520b2f5..e6872c2 100644
--- a/source/dub/recipe/sdl.d
+++ b/source/dub/recipe/sdl.d
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 	auto pkg = expandPackageName(t.values[0].expect!string(t), name, t);
 	enforceSDL(pkg !in bs.dependencies, "The dependency '"~pkg~"' is specified more than once.", t);
 
-	Dependency dep = Dependency.any;
+	Dependency dep = Dependency.Any;
 	auto attrs = t.attributes;
 
 	if ("path" in attrs) {